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(By Ed Silverman for STAT) In response to intensifying criticism over drug prices, Allergan chief executive Brent Saunders promised1 not

Colorado is latest state to be sued for restricting access to hepatitis C drugs

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) You can add Colorado to the list of states being sued1 for refusing to widen

(By David Armstrong for STAT) WELCH, W.Va. — The pharmaceutical sales representatives from health care giant Abbott Laboratories had a problem.

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) Countries from around the world agreed Wednesday to take concerted efforts to tackle the growing

(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) The drug company that makes the EpiPen says it isn’t nearly as profitable as many

(By Rob Stein for NPR) A scientist in Sweden has started trying to edit the DNA in healthy human embryos,

(By Ayla Ellison and Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Becker’s Hospital Review has named the following organizations to the

Ten thousand seniors turning 65 and becoming Medicare-eligible every day but not one of Silicon Valley companies is taking senior

(By Juiette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, and Anthony Damico for Kaiser Family Foundation) The latest example of high and rising prescription

(Erin Ross for NPR) Fitness trackers remain wildly popular, but do they make us fit? Maybe not, according to a